Senior Clinical Psychologist - Development Opportunity - Paediatrics

NHS; Barnstaple; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

A national health service provider in Barnstaple is seeking a Senior Clinical Psychologist to join the Paediatric Psychology team. This role focuses on providing therapeutic support to children facing physical health challenges. The ideal candidate will hold a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and have experience in multi-disciplinary settings. The position offers competitive pay and an opportunity to work in a supportive environment enhancing children's mental health.

Benefits

Regular clinical supervision

Opportunities for CPD and research

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Experience with service users and families, including goal-based care.
• Ability to work with children and young people with complex needs.
• Experience in safeguarding and managing distressing situations.

Responsibilities

• Deliver psychological assessments and interventions for children.
• Consult with other professionals involved in the care of children.
• Engage in clinical supervision and peer review.

Skills

Collaborative working

Psychological assessment

Multi-disciplinary teamwork

Evidence-based intervention

Supervision

Education

Professional Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Active registration as a Practitioner Psychologist

Job description

Senior Clinical Psychologist - Development Opportunity - Paediatrics

We are delighted to be recruiting to a 0.6 WTE Clinical Psychologist post within the Paediatric Psychology team in North Devon, part of Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD). This is a permanent opportunity, offered either at Band 8a or as a Band 7 - 8a preceptorship for those working towards independent clinical practice at this level.

You will join a well-established team providing formulation-driven psychological care to children and young people experiencing the psychological impact of physical health conditions. The role spans both inpatient and outpatient settings, supporting adjustment to diagnosis and treatment, promoting emotional wellbeing, and contributing to improved treatment engagement.

This is an excellent opportunity to be part of a large and supportive network of Clinical Psychologists across CFHD. You will benefit from regular clinical supervision, a clear job plan, and opportunities for CPD, research, and service development.

We welcome applications from both experienced and newly qualified Clinical Psychologists. The post offers a stimulating mix of direct clinical work, consultation to the wider system, and involvement in service improvement and innovation.

There is a strong and friendly psychology community within CFHD, with shared CPD, peer supervision, and excellent links to local Doctoral training programmes.

If you are passionate about improving outcomes for children and young people in paediatric settings, we would love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

As a Clinical Psychologist in the Paediatric Psychology team, you will:

Deliver psychological assessment, formulation, and evidence-based intervention for children and young people with physical health conditions.

Contribute to paediatric multi-disciplinary team meetings, inpatient ward rounds, and outpatient clinic discussions.

Provide consultation and psychological thinking to other professionals involved in the care of children and young people, including education and social care partners.

Support children and families to manage distress, improve quality of life, and build resilience in the face of medical challenges.

Supervise trainee clinical psychologists and assistant psychologists as appropriate.

Contribute to audit, service evaluation, and development initiatives in line with national guidance and CFHD priorities.

Maintain professional standards of record keeping and clinical governance, and uphold ethical practice.

Engage in individual and peer supervision, CPD, and reflective practice.

Youll be working alongside paediatricians, nurses, occupational therapists, and other key partners, making a real difference to the lives of children and families across the region.

About us

Successful applicants will be employed by Devon Partnership Trust (https://jobs.dpt.nhs.uk/locations/working-here)

Children and Family Health Devon (CFHD) comprises an Alliance of NHS organisations working together to improve health outcomes for children and young people in Devon.

CFHD provides integrated care and treatment for children and young people across physical and mental health. We are working closely with other organisations and providers to ensure we deliver locality and county-wide based integrated access to all of our services, based on the i-Thrive Framework, in response to consultation with our service users and communities.

CFHD works closely with our local universities of Plymouth, Exeter & the Peninsula Medical School where we support students in clinical training placements and in addition support our own staff to undertake post graduate training.

Our integrated care and treatment has been developed and refined in partnership with children, young people and their families/carers.

We would like the people who work for Children and Family Health Devon to be understanding, patient and respectful. They should be trustworthy and make us feel safe and comfortable. It is important that they use their skills and experience to listen carefully in a non-patronising and non-judgemental way. When staff are positive and friendly, they help to create an environment that is informal and without pressure.

Job responsibilities

Full Vacancy details can be found on the attached Job Description/Person Specification. Please refer to your suitability to the post in your supporting information from the role requirements or person specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• A Professional Doctorate in Clinical Psychology or equivalent e.g. Masters level qualification in Clinical Psychology if qualified before 1996.
• Active registration as a Practitioner Psychologist with the HCPC.
• Post qualification specialist therapy/assessment training relevant to children and young people
• Post qualification training or proven equivalent experience in supervision.

Experience

• Experience of working collaboratively with service users and their families/carers, including using goal-based care and routine outcome measures in practice.
• Experience of working collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team and across agencies
• Experience of working with a range of children and young people with complex needs maintaining a high degree of professionalism in the face of highly emotive and distressing problems and verbal abuse
• Experience of undertaking specialist psychological assessments and providing evidence based interventions, with the ability to work with complex needs and undertake risk assessments.
• Experience in providing teaching and training
• Experience of safeguarding children and ensuring the safety of young people in partnership with other agencies as appropriate.
• Experience that evidences an ability to attend to diversity and work in a way that promotes anti-discriminatory practice.
• Experience of managing and processing emotionally distressing information, seeking support as required
• Experience in using neuropsychological assessments of cognitive functioning and/or learning disabilities in the context of diagnostic assessments of learning disabilities.
• Experience of the assessment of capacity to consent and providing consultation to capacity assessments across a range of issues.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Understanding of relevant legislation pertaining to children.
• High level knowledge of Clinical presentations in children and young people
• Ability to travel and work in a variety of locations, e.g. clinic base, schools, home visits.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£47,810 to £62,682 a year(Pro rata 22.5 hours) Band 7 - band 8a Development Opportunity